Monthly Archives: April 2014

As editors at yeah write, we’ve been given permission to violate the rules for this week. I’m given permission to violate the fiction-only rule at the speakeasy by posting this on here. And I’m violating the yeah write challenge by surpassing the 600-word limit, but it’s someone’s special birthday. I was looking for something a…

Rustling leaves Dead of night It lurks and waits The dim of light The child knows The child fears The thing that lives But no one hears A flash of steel The red of blood A silenced cry And then he’s gone Image Source

I have tried to recreate events, locales and conversations from my memories of them. In order to maintain their anonymity in some instances I have changed the names of individuals and places, I may have changed some identifying characteristics and details such as physical properties, occupations and places of residence.